Cunningham Orville J.

Monuments

Cunningham plaque

American Legion Mausoleum

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Orville J. Cunningham

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Resistance

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1943-12-04

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Orville J. Cunningham was an American citizen living in Paris during WWII. He was the paymaster for the French resistance group called the Bells of Les Halles, part of the Northern Liberation movement, which suffered severe losses during the war. (Of 130 members, 17 were killed fighting at the barricades, 11 were shot by firing squads, and 33 were deported, of which 23 did not return alive.) Cunningham was arrested on 24 September 1942 and was executed on 4 December 1943.